Motocross rider airlifted to major trauma centre
A man was airlifted to a major trauma centre after bring thrown over the handlebars of his motorbike on a motocross track in Shropshire this afternoon.
The incident happened on a track at Hawkestone Park, off the A49 in Weston-Under-Redcastle, at around 12.10pm this afternoon.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “The man was in a lot of pain so ambulance staff and the doctor administered analgaesia before they examined his injury.
"The man suffered a dislocated and suspected fractured hip so he was immobilised and his hips supported before being airlifted to Royal Stoke University Hospital.”
An ambulance and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford with a MERIT trauma doctor on board attended the scene.
